Seriously? ..... House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To ‘Prevent Overly Burdensome’ School Lunch Regulations ~ According to GOP pizza now a health food ~
I assume (always dangerous) that the House simply wanted a 'quick fix' ~ the GOP's favorite kind ~ in dealing with School Lunch Regulations. However, it is a shame that the GOP House did not take this more seriously. School, for many, is their first introduction to the world. School is where our children pick up good, and sometimes, not so good, habits. Teaching our children to eat healthy should be a constant goal.
If the GOP House wants to continue to stuff our kids with unhealthy food ~ at tax payers expense ~ if they want to classify pizza as a veggie, then how about testing our kids ~ at say age 5 or 6 ~ for Celiac? In most developed European countries, ie. Ireland, England, Italy, Germany, and France, kids are tested for Celiac at an early age.
If we want to quit making our kids overweight and unhealthy, lets give them a fighting chance! So many kids have Celiac but testing is NEVER promoted, for a simple reason ~ there is NO money to be made. The cure for Celiac is to eliminate gluten. No pills, no shots, no expensive treatment! Manufacturers don't want to eliminate gluten because gluten is a cheap filler, used in almost all forms of food.
So go ahead, fill kids with food that is miscatagorized, (pizza is NOT a veggie), potentially harmful, (especially in large quanities), and don't give any real thought to the best interest of the child ~ that is NOT a quick fix, but rather a script for disfunction in years to come.
Pizza, by and large, is a good thing, but given as an option on a child's menu, the child will almost always pick pizza over something that is healthy and good for them. Kids will be kids, it is up to the grown ups to set the example and do the right thing.
If we are serious about health and about the future of our country (our children are our future) then let's put our money where our mouth is, let's make a trade ~ pizza for Celiac testing. It's a start, a small step, but a step in the right direction.